physical sensibility

Roget category 375

3. Words relating to matter
› 3.3. Organic matter
›› 3.3.2. Sensation

#375. Physical Sensibility

noun

sensibility — sensitiveness etc. adj. — physical sensibility, feeling, impressibility, perceptivity, aesthetics — moral sensibility etc. 822.
sensation, impression — consciousness etc. (knowledge) 490.
external senses.

verb

be sensible of etc. adj. — feel, perceive.
render sensible etc. adj. — sharpen, cultivate, tutor.
cause sensation, impress — excite an impression, produce an impression.

adjective

sensible, sensitive, sensuous — aesthetic, perceptive, sentient — conscious etc. (aware) 490.
acute, sharp, keen, vivid, lively, impressive, thin-skinned.

adverb

to the quick.

phrase

the touch'd needle trembles to the pole" [Pope].

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